Maker, Designer, Free Radical. Author #RadicalHelp #TheWorkWeNeed. Mostly now on @instagram @hilary_cottam
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The Work We Need - out in paperback today and available on line and in all bookshops. This is for you if you want a different story about work and what’s possible @ViragoBooks
How might we shape good work in every place and every post code - I’m speaking today at the Jersey Festival of Words - if you happen to be on this lovely island, join me!
Delighted to be listed as one of the Top 25 Irresistible Events At The Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026 - Irresistible Magazine irresistiblemagazine.com.au/…
I’m delighted to be returning with my new book to @edbookfest w @sarahoconnor - we will be discussing how good work in the age of AI and how to make it real. Join us August 21 #TheWorkWeNeed
New Ways of Working | Edinburgh International Book Festival edbookfest.co.uk/events/hila…
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Great to catch up with Members from across the Circle world for our Birthday BBQ Bonanza Party!
@CromptonCircle @PrestwichCircle
@EastMcrCircle
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Will Makerfield change Westminster? themj.co.uk/makerfield-chang… via @themjcouk from the brilliant @ProfDonnaHall the architect of the Wigan Deal which remains the most significant social system change work we have seen in the UK.
Come along! I will be speaking this Tuesday about why and how we should put the idea of capability at the heart of social policy.
The @IIPP_UCL Forum 2026: Rethinking the State. Two days at University of London's Senate House, as part of @UCL's bicentenary year. exploring how governments build the capabilities to tackle the grand challenges of our time.
I'll be participating in multiple sessions, including a book talk for my new book, The Common Good Economy, and panels on green budgets, how we evaluate mission-led policies, and reclaiming finance for public purpose.
16–17 June | Senate House, London | Find details of all our fantastic sessions at the link in replies.
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Happy #PublicationDay to @HilaryCottam whose book #TheWorkWeNeed comes out in paperback today!😍🎉🎉🎉
'Cottam is the humane revolutionary our turbulent century needs - and this book our roadmap to a better future' JONATHAN FREEDLAND
@ViragoBooks
Wonderful news for London, public policy and the LSE: @SlaughterAM | New Dean of LSE School of Public Policyhttps://www.lse.ac.uk/news/anne-marie-slaughter-dean-lse-school-public-policy
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SUBSCRIBE TO READ: Closing the issue, @HilaryCottam
takes us on a journey from the UK to the US and back again, speaking to hundreds of individuals about their experiences and vision of 'good work'.
renewal.org.uk/articles/come…
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Great to see publication of new @RenewalJournal on the Politics of Work edited by @LiseRButler, @stevenmklein & me.
Ft. @JonCruddas_1 @DespoticInroad @ewangibbs @jrgingrich @anneliese_midge @j_westerling @abbyabhaya @jvaldeztappata @HilaryCottam & more.
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If you are in the UK Civil Service- a DD or aspiring DD - this is an opportunity to work with me, England’s Upland Communities and @DefraGovUK on system transformation - please share widely a fantastic opportunity for a brilliant candidate civilservicejobs.service.gov…
Next week I will be teaching on this brilliant MPA @IIPP_UCL something I look forward to every year not least because I learn so much from the students. Find out more…
📣 Discover the MPA in Innovation, Public Policy and Public Value
Join a taster lecture introducing @IIPP_UCL’s mission‑oriented approach to public policy, innovation, and institutional change, followed by a Q&A session.
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/PsBo0gN
@TheBartlettUCL
If you are in the UK Civil Service- a DD or aspiring DD - this is an opportunity to work with me, England’s Upland Communities and @DefraGovUK on system transformation - please share widely a fantastic opportunity for a brilliant candidate civilservicejobs.service.gov…
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💭 What’s the difference between public sector Capacity and Capability?
@IIPP_UCL's @MazzucatoM, Rainer Kattel, @FerMongeC, & @RPuttick highlight the importance of the 3-letter difference, and what it means for how governments can function.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/uUHEW7p
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✍️ "Work isn’t working, but it could."
Catch up on our 2025 @IIPP_UCL #RethinkingTheState Forum panel featuring @HilaryCottam in conversation with Professors Rainer Kattel & @MazzucatoM on her new book 'The Work We Need'.
🔗 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/WOgMhFK
Very good food for thought here from @azeem
Mark Carney gave the speech of the decade at Davos last week.
But the "pleasant fiction" he's warning about? It's not just geopolitics.
It's jobs. Credentials. Expertise itself.
Here's what's actually happening: 🧵
exponentialview.co/p/the-end…
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Honoured to be asked by @EmmaforWycombe @DefraGovUK to lead work with England’s Upland Communities and a fabulous 2 days of inspiration with @ORFC @oxfordfarming @FFC_Commission
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✍️ "Work isn’t working, but it could."
Catch up on our 2025 @IIPP_UCL #RethinkingTheState Forum panel featuring @HilaryCottam in conversation with Professors Rainer Kattel & @MazzucatoM on her new book 'The Work We Need'.
🔗 Watch the recording here: buff.ly/WOgMhFK